681

Events

• August 9 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
• Wilfrid of York is expelled from Northumbria by Ecgfrith and retires into Sussex

Births

Deaths

• January 10 - Pope Agatho
• Ebroin, Mayor of the Neustrian Palace

Heads of states

• Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)